BUSINESSPERSON

James Buchanan Duke

1856 - 1925

James Buchanan Duke

James Buchanan Duke (December 23, 1856 – October 10, 1925) was an American tobacco and electric power industrialist best known for the invention of modern cigarette manufacture and marketing techniques, and his involvement with Duke University. He was the founder of the American Tobacco Company in 1890. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Buchanan Duke is the 517th most popular businessperson (down from 437th in 2019), the 7,316th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,414th in 2019) and the 172nd most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, James Buchanan Duke ranks 517 out of 847. Before him are Brendan Eich, Malcom McLean, Athina Onassis, Lila Tretikov, John Templeton, and William Henry Vanderbilt. After him are Jean-Dominique Senard, Guy Kawasaki, Marcus Goldman, Piero Dusio, Joe Sutter, and Howard Stringer.

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HPI: 56.18
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John Templeton
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1856 - 1925
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 517
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HPI: 56.02
Rank: 519
Marcus Goldman
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HPI: 55.99
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, James Buchanan Duke ranks 108. Before him are Keir Hardie, Gabrielle Réjane, Elbert Hubbard, Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar, Jens Christian Christensen, and Friedrich Kluge. After him are Paul Henri Lecomte, Anton Aškerc, Wilhelm Geiger, Leon Benois, Yuly Shokalsky, and Edward Bagnall Poulton. Among people deceased in 1925, James Buchanan Duke ranks 126. Before him are Félix Sesúmaga, Fernand Sanz, Lilian Gibbs, Liao Zhongkai, Charles Collignon, and Oskar Lenz. After him are Arthur Gardiner Butler, Jaap Eden, João Pinheiro Chagas, Roger de Barbarin, Arvid Knöppel, and Lars Jørgen Madsen.

Others Born in 1856

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Keir Hardie
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1915
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 102
Gabrielle Réjane
ACTOR
1856 - 1920
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 103
Elbert Hubbard
WRITER
1856 - 1915
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 104
Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1923
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 105
Jens Christian Christensen
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1930
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 106
Friedrich Kluge
LINGUIST
1856 - 1926
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 107
James Buchanan Duke
BUSINESSPERSON
1856 - 1925
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 108
Paul Henri Lecomte
BIOLOGIST
1856 - 1934
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 109
Anton Aškerc
WRITER
1856 - 1912
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 110
Wilhelm Geiger
WRITER
1856 - 1943
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 111
Leon Benois
ARCHITECT
1856 - 1928
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 112
Yuly Shokalsky
GEOGRAPHER
1856 - 1940
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 113
Edward Bagnall Poulton
BIOLOGIST
1856 - 1943
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 114